Former WWE superstar Austin Aries has announced that he will be returning to the UK in February to compete once again for Defiant Wrestling, having beat Marty Scurll for the Defiant World Title on December 5th in Birmingham.

Defiant Wrestling - formerly known as WCPW - is returning to Manchester for the first time since October.

First, on Sunday, February 18th, Defiant will broadcast live around the world on PPV with Chain Reaction 2018. The show is scheduled to be available live and on-demand on both Access Defiant ($8.99 per month, free trial available) and the FITE TV app ($14.99 one-time purchase).

Then, on Monday, February 19th, there will be all of the fallout from the live PPV as Defiant tape episodes of their weekly YouTube series.

Also scheduled to be in action are Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray, plus Martin Kirby, Joe Coffey, El Ligero, Primate and many more.

Tickets to both shows are available here.

Aries is set to defend his Defiant World Title on this week's episode on YouTube, which can be seen on Friday at 8pm UK (3/2c).